Supplemental Air Suspension, how should it be done?

[iceminion]

Like This?

[JET]

Wow, those actuators are big. I don't think you will be able to fit it up top like that. You will need to flip it upside down. You will probably want to attach it to the strut body like I mentioned before, but point it up.

How big are the springs on his coil overs?

[Super Bleeder!!]

Arent you the same guy who wanted to do some wierd dual turbo setup? How did that work out for ya?

[iceminion]

Superbleeder - Got a great deal on a 2.3 I still think my twin turbo idea is better then sliced bread, but first I gotta get the rest of the car going strong.

JET - The actuators are not to scale, the springs are not to scale, the car has AGX's with ground control's so there should be pleanty of room! I like your idea of using the swaybar as a way to push down on the lower control arm!

[Jakey]

Air in the winter will be a disaster unless you are conditioning it. Electric linear actuators sounds like a fun project. I've got some catalogs at the office with a wide array of actuators. Let me know if you'd like me to pull out some manufacturer names.

[95tsi]

How would the actuators work for normal driving? I'm guessing they will impede on the actual purpose of the suspension dampening. Or, can you simply take them off real quick? Also, how much clearance will you actually get prior to over extending your shocks?

[JET]

You would need to back the actuator out enough so that it didn't touch during normal driving.

I know your drawing wasn't to scale, but I looked at the actuator dimensions and they are pretty huge.

[Pushit2.0]

Ksport springs are 420lbs/inch for DSM coilovers, and they compress more then 1 inche when you set the car down. It would seem to me that 400lbs of force is not going to do much, make a skid plate and drive slow over the speed bumps, or mount the IC higher.

~John

[JET]

If they put out a true 400 lb of force, then you should raise the car just over an inch with one on each side, for stock GC's. This is assuming he isn't riding on the bump stops.

[Pushit2.0]

If that is enough to fix it, just raise the car 1" or buy a taller tire.